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Lundy Reunion 2002 & 2003  This is a must to add to your calendar - and do it now as everything on the island books up very quickly. We have rented several Landmark Trust properties on the island for late October 2002 and 2003. We are making these available for past EWP clients to come to a reunion meet. Slide shows, meals at the Marisco Tavern, climbing and walking on this magnificent island. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet old friends or make new ones amongst like-minded people. We can almost guarantee that if you go to Lundy once - you will want to go again, and again! details Lundy Accommodation: (costs per person)
A 50% deposit is required to make a reservation. Contact us for availability and details. Elbrus Tuva: Sayan Mountains & Mongun Taiga In 2002 we will offer the basic trek as well one combined with the ascent of Mongun Taiga the highest summit in Eastern Siberia. Be prepared for a long walk!! details | Pamir Virgin Summits In 2001 our expedition took us to an area on the borders of Kyrghizstan,
Tadjikistan and China where we made a first ascent on Eastern Sunrise - a
beautiful mountain of 6346m on the triple border. Several other summits were
also climbed and named, the most beautiful of these being Tarka Peak (5360m). report For 2002 we have chosen a range of mountains, several about 6000m high, lying
on the Kyrghiz / Chinese border. Until now the area has been closed to
mountaineers - our expedition here will be the first serious mountaineering
visit to the glacier system. A view of the upper reaches of the glacier from
Eastern Sunrise has wetted all our appetites for this trip. details
Fann Mountains For several years the area has been closed to tourists but now it is again
secure and open. We will be running trips here on a regular basis as in the
past. details Our fully-supported walking trips take in the best features the area has to
offer. Olmoti Crater with its magnificent waterfall, Embagai Crater and crater
lake, and the cool, green gorge leading to the source of the Ngare Sero river.
For real heat and a view of flamingo it is possible to visit Lake Natron or for
the more energetic the ascent of Lengai itself is a tough and dramatic finish
to the trip. details
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With the Chechen conflict settling down Elbrus is now as popular as ever it
has been. We had over 80 visitors to Elbrus during the summer and as usual our
success rate was about 90%. If you are planning to go please bear in mind that
the 9 day trip is only suited to those who know that they are able to
acclimatise well. The Priut hut which was burnt down several years ago is being
rebuilt and it now again possible to tackle the final ascent of Elbrus from the
relative comfort of a mountain hut. 
This is a new and exciting trekking area. We have now run several exploratory
trips to the region taking in a wide range of treks and are confident that the
2 on offer this year will prove a great success. The Sayan are a range of
beautiful unspoilt mountains just north of Mongolia with wide valleys , clear
fast flowing mountain rivers, lofty snowy summits and grassy meadows, the first
of the treks finishes with an ascent of a fine glaciated summit that can be
reached by average walkers wearing crampons. The summit provides superb
panoramas over the vast Siberian landscape to the north and Mongolia to the
south. We finish in Kyzyl, the capital of the Tuvan Republic. 
Tuvans have a totally different culture, language, traditions and ethnic
background to the rest of Russian. This trek gives an opportunity to meet the
people, many of whom are still cattle breeding nomads. If you are lucky to meet
local shamans and let them dance and sing for you they will help you to get rid
of all bad spirits. 
As the Afghan war appears to be drawing to an end we now hope for peace in
this war torn and mis- ruled country. Stability here would help to stabilise
the fledgling Central Asian countries - in particular Tadjikistan which has
often been infiltrated from the south by extremists trying to undermine the
governments of Tadjikistan and Uzbekistan. Our virgin summits groups have been
searched many times at various check points on our way into and out of our
climbing areas in the southern Pamirs. A Russian commander at one checkpoint
told us excitedly about his success the previous day when a man was caught
going towards Afghanistan carrying a 50 kg bag of dollars. The drug business
was doing well under the Taliban. 
Combining culture and fine ridge walking the main Fagaras Ridge is becoming
more popular and is a highly spoken of trip. 
The mystical Mountains of the Moon offer great attractions to climbers,
walkers and naturalists. The Stanley Plateau is the largest glaciated area in
Africa and beside it lies Africa's third highest summit, Point Margherita
(5109m). There are several endemic species of birds including the brilliant
Rwenzori turaco, also monkeys, red forest duiker, hyrax and leopard. 
This has been a connoisseur's walk through part of the Ngorongoro game park
and remote Maasai country to reach the holy mountain of the Maasai, the active
volcano Lengai, overlooking Lake Natron.